QF Nadal - Djokovic ... afternoon or evening...

jondice said:
The French Open clearly loathes Rafa. That's been obvious fo years. So it will be played in the evening, should the two meet.
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I guess that is why they made him this..

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I think Zverev would absolutely want a night match to try and limit Alcaraz's ability to hit through him, so if they ask those guys too and they both somehow say night match then that might tip it.

Though given the TV people have these guys starting a night session at 9pm every night they can probably get what they want, regardless of the players feelings, and they'd likely feel about getting Zverev over Djokovic and Nadal about the same as the folks of this forum would :-D

All due respect to Khachanov, Felix, Zapata, and Diego. Hope you guys all make it and render this all moot.
 
Well, I'll only get to see about three minutes of highlights, so doesn't matter much to me as a viewer. Though it is clear, Nadal wants the day and Djokovic wants the night.
 
ForehandRF said:
Dunno why is that much of a discussion on conditions because at the end of the day Nadal is the greatest on clay so he should be able to win in any conditions.It's not like he is the king of clay only in the day matches or when it's sunny outside lol The man has won this tournament 13 freaking times for a reason :D
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Please remind me how many night sessions did he have to play to do it. :rolleyes:
 
Well, let's see if Schwartzman or Felix can do anything to prevent them from meeting first! (; I think Diego has the better chance but I acknowledge it is most likely we will get a Djokovic - Nadal QF. I will be rooting with all my might for Rafa!!!!!!! (: (: (: (:
 
ibbi said:
I think Zverev would absolutely want a night match to try and limit Alcaraz's ability to hit through him, so if they ask those guys too and they both somehow say night match then that might tip it.

Though given the TV people have these guys starting a night session at 9pm every night they can probably get what they want, regardless of the players feelings, and they'd likely feel about getting Zverev over Djokovic and Nadal about the same as the folks of this forum would :-D

All due respect to Khachanov, Felix, Zapata, and Diego. Hope you guys all make it and render this all moot.
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I actually think Zapata Miralles is going to win his round of 16 match! :)
 
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Sport said:
Last 2 RG editions they played in non-sunny conditions. A change would be fine. But if it is played at night, so be it. No problem.
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I think slower night condition might help Rafa's defense on his Bh side but Rafa's agressive game would be favoured in sunny lively condition.
 
jondice said:
Whoever commissioned that monstrosity clearly HATES Rafa. I thought that was just a given. So, yes. You've proven my point!
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Lol!! I am not a fan of the statue either. They should have made it after he retired.

Also it could have been much better looking.
 
Rafa openly stating in front of world on media that " he doesn't like playing Night matches " , means French Open authorities will be in immense pressure to schedule his Match during daytime , even if that is not best for business or Worldwide Viewership .

Entire tennis fanbase across world wants to see this match in the evening-night timezone , but maybe now french Open authorities will have to play this match during the day in order to not make Rafa Nadal angry .
 
GabeT said:
yes Berretini at WB is just like Nadal at RG. Makes a lot of sense :X3::X3:
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Actually if you have watched Nadal’s matches closely his current BH and movement on the BH wing is much worse than Bettettini. Nadal even does not have a serve to win the obligatory tiebreaker against Djokovic. Djokovic should win easily in either conditions and he will lose less than 8 games in total. Schwartzman and Bedene would have provided much more fight than Rafa to Djokovic
 
Novak losing at RG is a win for Rafa and vice-versa .

So , they will try and tire out each other so that Alcaraz can defeat one of them in semis .

But i don't think Alcaraz can beat Novak or Rafa at Roland Garros yet.
He might defeat them after 1-2 years.

Whoever wins Rafa-Novak quarters wins the slam .
 
maratha_warrior said:
Entire tennis fanbase across world wants to see this match in the evening-night timezone ,
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Most casual fans are not obsessed about the hour. Mostly only Djokovic and anti-Nadal fans want it to be at night, while Nadal and anti-Djokoviv fans want it in the afternoon. For people living in Europe and Asia, the best timetable is the afternoon, because at that hour most people have already finished working and they will finish viewing the match before it's too late. In the evning session the match would end so late Eurasian people would be tired next day at work. Only in the North American subcontinent it is better to view it at night. North America does not represent the whole world.


Please, note how Djokovic is the one stating publicily he has requested the opposite from Nadal, so it's not like he is not putting pressure either. He seems to be an expert though, remember when he pressured Wimbledon officials to play the second day of the WB SF indoor, despite it being sunny (which makes so little sense as playing outdoor when it is raining).
 
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Sport said:
Most casual fans are not obsessed about the hour. Mostly only Djokovic and anti-Nadal fans want it to be at night, shile Nadal and anti-Djokoviv fans want it in the afternoon. For people living in Europe and Asia, the best timetable is the afternoon, because at that hour most people have already finished working and they will finish viewing the match before it's too late. In the evning session the match would end so late Eurasian people would be tired next day at work. Only in the North American subcontinent it is better to view it at night. North America does not represent the whole world.


Please, note how Djokovic is the one stating publicily he has requested the opposite from Nadal, so it's not like he is not putting pressure either. He seems to be an expert though, remember when he pressured Wimbledon officials to play the second day of the WB SF indoor, despite it being sunny (which makes so little sense as playing outdoor when it is raining).
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Shhsh, don't tell him how it works in Europe, let him bask in his Anglo conspiracy theory.
 
maratha_warrior said:
Rafa openly stating in front of world on media that " he doesn't like playing Night matches " , means French Open authorities will be in immense pressure to schedule his Match during daytime , even if that is not best for business or Worldwide Viewership .

Entire tennis fanbase across world wants to see this match in the evening-night timezone , but maybe now french Open authorities will have to play this match during the day in order to not make Rafa Nadal angry .
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I am not sure about this. For people in the US yes night match is suitable. But for Europe and Asia I think afternoon match should be fine.

Infact the night match can go on till too late for Europeans liking if it's a hard fought match.
 
Doesn't matter Novak wins either way, there is a overestimation of rafa here, I am nadal fan but people are really hung on to his past results here
 
Sport said:
Most casual fans are not obsessed about the hour. Mostly only Djokovic and anti-Nadal fans want it to be at night, shile Nadal and anti-Djokoviv fans want it in the afternoon. For people living in Europe and Asia, the best timetable is the afternoon, because at that hour most people have already finished working and they will finish viewing the match before it's too late. In the evning session the match would end so late Eurasian people would be tired next day at work. Only in the North American subcontinent it is better to view it at night. North America does not represent the whole world.


Please, note how Djokovic is the one stating publicily he has requested the opposite from Nadal, so it's not like he is not putting pressure either. He seems to be an expert though, remember when he pressured Wimbledon officials to play the second day of the WB SF indoor, despite it being sunny (which makes so little sense as playing outdoor when it is raining).
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You are doing mental gymnastics here .

Firstly Djokovic said , when the tournament officials asked him he stated the opposite of Nadal .
Let me break it down to you , Officials asked whether you would like a day or night match and Djokovic says Day match . Ok Opinion noted and case close .

Nadal went to media and publicly said " He doesn't like night matches because the ball remains low and there is humidity at night " these are Nadal's words.

Nadal went public .
To take away attention from Nadal's public demand ,you are simply blaming Novak haha . :-D ! Lol

And Novak is an expert ?
It is a Wimbledon rule that once the match starts indoors then Match finishes indoors . Unless both players agree to remove roof , Roof can't be removed . So Nadal needed Djokovic' permission to remove roof or he needed Novak's agreement lol .
And why would Djokovic give a F to what Nadal demands ?? Remember 2013 Roland Garros , Novak was asking Umpire to water courts but Nadal refused ?? Hahaha
Why do you want favours now ??

Also what happened to the statement " Rules are rules " which your fanbase was parroting all through AO 2021 ? Lol

First Nadal himself need to agree to request from other rivals and then he himself can have a right to ask favour from rivals lol .

And how would Wimbledon result be different in 2018 if played outdoors ??
Novak has 5 Out door Wimbledons , Nadal has 1 Outdoor Wimbledons lol ( i guess 2008 F was indoors too )

Djokovic is Greater player on Wimbledon ( OUTDOORS ) . :)
 
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I'll unfortunately miss the biggest match in tennis history and one I've been most looking forward to should both win tomorrow. :( I'm the complete opposite. If they play in the day, I can stay up late whereas if they play at night, I'll be stuck at work. And, actually have Thursday (Wednesday in Paris) off this week. But, I still hope they play Tuesday night as a match of this magnitude deserves prime time and the winner an extra day of rest.
 
Last afternoon slot or evening slot definitely. Which one, who knows. It'll be a mild weather day so I think afternoon would yield a better quality match but either is fine. (Beyond being a Rafa fan, I'm just not a fan of night clay)
 
ForehandRF said:
You are virtually saying that he needs certain conditions to win there and that doesn't sound right for the greatest clay court player, isn't it ? :D
Also, remind me what happened in RG 2020 ;)
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Conditions matter much more when you are 36. Obviously 2008 Nadal would have won even in these conditions.
 
Huge statement from Roland Garros:

Djokovic playing at 2:15pm, Nadal at 4:15pm local time tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz once again gets the night session.

We are now nearly guaranteed to see Djokodal play a day match.
 
Kralingen said:
Huge statement from Roland Garros:

Djokovic playing at 2:15pm, Nadal at 4:15pm local time tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz once again gets the night session.

We are now nearly guaranteed to see Djokodal play a day match.
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RG bought into the propaganda. Boo.
 
Kralingen said:
Huge statement from Roland Garros:

Djokovic playing at 2:15pm, Nadal at 4:15pm local time tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz once again gets the night session.

We are now nearly guaranteed to see Djokodal play a day match.
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How so?

One may argue that Alcaraz has got 2 back to back night matches and will surely get a day match next.
 
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